Vehicle-tire.



PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

W. WESTNEY.

VEHICLE TIREQ APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1905.

wvc n-toz 7 dw/ WILLIAM 'WESTNEY, OF SCOTLAND, CONNEOTIGUT.'-VEHlCLE-l'lRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4,1906.

Application filed November 23,1905. Serial No. 288.689.

To all whom it may concern.-v

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WEsTNnr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scotland, in the coun'ty ofNVindham and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements inVehicle-Tires, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a vehicle-tire, and hasfor its object theprovision-of a device of this character which'will be sim le andinexpensive in construction and wil be very Itesilient and durable.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a vehicle-tirehaving an elastic core and a resilient metallic tread portion.

Further-objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description, which now follows.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of anautomobile-wheel having my improved vehicle-tire applied thereto, andFig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a vehicle-tireconstructed in accordance with the present invent-ion.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both figures of thedrawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 "designates the hub, 6 theslpokes, and 7 the rim, of an automobile-whee My improved tire comprisesan outer resihent covering constituted by an endless coil-spring 12,within which is a core 10, of

fibrous material, preferably rope, which is seen that a vehicle-tireisherein surrounded by an elastic rubber tube 11, disposed within thespring 12.

From theji'nregoing description it will be rovided which will be veryresilient and w 'ch will not be liable to puncture.

While the elements herein shown and described are welladapted to servethe pur- I ose for which they are intended, it is to be understood thatthe invention is not limited 1 to the precise construction set forth,but that changes within the scope of the appended claims may be resortedto without departure from said invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A vehicle.tire havinganouterperi h-- eral covering composed of an endless coi cd spring, acore formed of rope passing through said spring, and a rubber cushionlying between said rope and said spring.

2. A vehicle-tire havin an outer peripheral covering composed oi anendless coi ed spring, a rope core passing through said spring and arubber tube which inoloses said rope core and lies within the coiledspring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. WM. wEsTNnr.

' Witnesses:

GEORGE N. PERRY, CHAS. W. KnNYoN.

